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Saturday, October 1, 2011

A truck driver was reported to have been beaten to death by officials in north
India earlier this week for not paying a Rs500 bribe………
- A former cabinet minister for telecoms, Dayanidhi Maran, is about to be
charged for corruption in an ongoing telecoms scandal. He is the second
ex-telecom minister to be charged in the case – the first, Andimuthu Raja, has
been held in a Delhi jail since February pending trial, along with various
others………
- A crisis has split and preoccupied the top levels of the government in
the past week over whether Pranab Mukherjee, the finance minister, tried some
months ago in a ministry memo to implicate Palaniappan Chidambaram, his
predecessor and now home minister, in that scandal. This has been partially and
unsatisfactorily resolved tonight by a joint statement from the two men denying
any rift………..

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Anna Hazare is literally rocking the country and how! It is amazing
to see how something that started as a small campaign has turned into a
revolution of sorts and has engulfed the entire nation in a matter of time.
Despite many differences, the Anna revolution can be counted as one amongst the
many uprisings happening all across the globe, especially in the Arab countries.
Everywhere the common man has found a collective voice. The methodology used is
however different. The one in India is soaked in the Gandhian philosophy of
non-violence.

Ramlila ground is the new Kurukshetra, all sorts of people have
been converging here . some truly understand the cause they are supporting, some
have a vague idea, some only interested in the word 'corruption' and many I am
sure joining in just to be a part of the so called second freedom fight, but
still they are there.

India has not seen such a mass movement since the original August
Kranti. Indians are an unbelievably tolerant class of people but that tag comes
with conditions applies warning. The tolerant part holds true only for issues,
which concerns the nation or your next-door neighbour. For larger issues we
continue to suffer until we reach the high point and then surprisingly we cool
off again. The vicious cycle continues. When it comes to corruption, the tipping
point was breached a long time back. We were just waiting for someone else to
fire the shots.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

by Sandip Roy
A woman setting herself ablaze to demand mercy for the three men sentenced to
hang for the Rajiv Gandhi assassination is one thing. Political parties
demanding clemency for Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan is quite another.
Obviously Karunanidhi, still licking his wounds from his election drubbing
and family scandals, sees this as a way to put Amma on the spot. And Amma,
knowing she has a hot potato on her hands, is trying to pass the buck to the
Centre.
Rajiv Gandhi’s role in the Sri Lankan civil war might be unpardonable in the
eyes of many Tamils. But he was still the PM. In a country where the hint of
dissent can get Arundhati Roy threatened with sedition charges, how do major
political parties get away with cozying up to men convicted in the assassination
of a former PM?

Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Constitution of India bestows an exclusive right upon the Parliament to
represent the people of the country. Following this mandate, since independence,
the voters have sent their representatives to the Lok Sabha (Lower House) and
the state legislative assemblies. The 545-member Lok Sabha represents the entire
country. Its primary task involves making and amending laws for the nation,
making different policies for the welfare of the people, or in other words
serving the country and society. Our freedom fighters and founding fathers of
our Constitution dreamt of a country where these elected representatives will
take the country ahead and will make it self sufficient in every
aspect.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Manmohan Singh and Mahendra Singh – two of the most powerful men in India. One leading the world’s largest democracy, the other leading the national team of world cricket’s financial powerhouse. However, the two “MS” find themselves in the grip of an unprecedented siege that has made them the focus of global attention.

On the face of it, Dr Manmohan Singh and Dhoni may seem two contrasting personalities, but if you dig deep there are fascinating similarities between the two.